Each year, a bunch of crazy, hairy, and tubby ANU Medical Students come together and run the infamous Teddy Bear Hospital for the kids of Canberra!
This year the show will run in line with the Children's Week. It's a great way for the kids to learn about good health and nutrition, and offers a chance for us to inspire our future little nurses and doctors.
The project was established in 2007 by the efforts of the then EnSIGN
committee. The tradition continued in 2008, and the project was
once again a brilliant success. Last year, in 2008, the project was run as part of Children’s Week and Universal Children’s Day in the last week of October. Each year, this Project has received great reception from the children, schools, parents, the hospital staff and the wider community. Media covered the story through radio, newspaper and TV.
Each year, the project committee put their time into a number of fundraising events. These include trivia nights, themed social events and bake sales. The Canberra community, particularly the Woden community surrounding the hospital, have been incredibly kind and have stepped forward to help. Support has been in the form of donation of prizes for the trivia night, toys for the children, or financial sponsorship.
The project is high profile in Canberra, and receives attention from TV (WIN TV), newspapers (Canberra Times, The Chronicle) and the radio media (ABC Canberra, 104.7 Canberra and Mix 106.3). It is a great way for your business or organisation to not only support a worthy community project, but also to promote your business and its role in supporting the Canberra community. We recognise all support and publish an article in the newspapers to individually acknowledge all donors.
The project is growing, and support is always sought. If you would like to support the project in any way (gifts, prizes or financial donations, or other), please contact us (see details below) and we would love to meet you and form a partnership.
